For physics...my best advice is to write on water-soaked notebook pages. And yes the pages need to be wet from your tears of frustration when doing physics problems...
Why is UA-cam helping me be a better student than actual school is? No one tells you how to take effective notes, so when you are thrown into high-school there is absolutely no way to keep grades up. Thank you for your in-depth video on such a neglected skill.
That's unfortunately true. Schools throw so much info at you and expect you to know how to process it all. I hope I can be a big brother to you and pass on what I've learned from experience 👍
the math one really hit me, because I still remember how I was like “yeah I understand that, I can skip few steps” and when the finals came I was like “how the fuck do I do that”
@@NathanWu well, ideally we read and understand text through highlighting, but sometimes I run the risk of highlighting just for the sake of telling myself that I understood the text, without actually understanding 🤣 especially when it's hours before the test HAHA
As an honors kid who has a 37 in math right now, writing out the steps in words has really helped alot. I got a 93 on my most recent test because i wrote everything out in words which helped me retain the info :))
hey babe! just checking in to say don’t give up! it’s all a long term process, and balancing it all can be stressful, but you just need to get over the hill. Trust.
That method of math notes is exactly what I’ve been doing since middle school! People are always so surprised when they find out I don’t study much for math exams but it’s because I solidify the concepts immediately after learning them-through the word explanations and example questions
I’m using this method because I’m not paying attention most of the time in my math classes especially when we start a new topic:/ so I have to teach it myself and because ik that I would forget about the concept because I don’t pay attention like I said I have to write it down. It’s soo important to pay attention in class so I do not recommend not paying attention! I’m just very lucky that I can understand maths most of the time very fast, even just by looking at the solution (in higher grades it’s kinda hard to find out the concept by yourself) and get good grades because of that lol
@@NathanWu My undergrad was in video game design. I never took a single note for 4 years... then I decided to get my masters in philosophy. Hard switch. XD
I’d recommend writing everything he says on exam pad paper first or typing it out if you’re allowed, then at home you can go into more detail. Maybe recording the lessons might be useful.
..Ikr 😢 so Today one boy from our class just shouted from the back to the teacher CAN YOU SLOW DOWN A LITTLE...we can feel his frustration from his voice and all the people were dead silent including the teacher 😂it was kinda funny though
You could have a notebook for that class and write as much as you can and then have a separate notebook to redo your notes in a way that you prefer. You could also try to record the lecture and then you’re able to replay and slow down what they’re saying
i guess people learn math differently, don't know how writing so much words helps you understand math, i prefer looking at how a formula is derived for example, the math and the numbers are what helps me understand
@@NathanWu I definitely learn like that too, I write down examples and honestly just base it off of that, but what I really need to do is write the steps to an equation/function I'm solving. This really just made me open my eyes to how much I've been doing wrong in math, there's been so many errors because the problems are in a different form than the one I have written down so that messes me up. Thank you for the sudden realization! Keep posting content like this! (what about science/ languages ? -- you should do a video on those subjects *it would be helpful to me*)
I’m actually in 8th grade. I’m in advanced classes without studying or really barely paying attention. But I’ve learned over quartile that my grades are the most important thing to me. I don’t at all scone from a wealthy family but my mom and grandpa were very smart people but dropped out. I want to learn to study and smash these tests. I want to be a surgeon and Ik it’ll require a lot of my time and effort.
I been doing that for cal2. There is other things i will add if you are in calc2 but that tip is a must for me. My weaknesses chemistry. More advise if you guys have any on chem
Dammit you got me with the math notes lol I tend to skip on some steps that I think are simple 'cause I assume I'll just remember them anyways but when I look at my notes I'm like "what'd I do here again?" Lmaoo I'll write everything from no on
@@NathanWu I skip so many steps A lot, tts prob y I didn't like calculus But I continue to skip steps bcos it currently has not caused any downfalls in math, yet. And that is prob the case bcos I'm rly struggling with my humanities, opp of my math n sci. Im dying in geography 😭
I’m taking chemistry in my sophomore year of HS and it’s been the easiest subject for me. I understand it’s very complex and difficult. But note taking has saved my life.
I think it depends on the teacher I took academic chem my junior year and I somehow managed to keep above a 95 the entire year but I also had no tests/quizzes and instead grades reviews.
I don't make notes a lot but yeah when it ces to organic I do write things down as ithere is too much to retain. I have physics, chemistry,maths along with some other languages and all. I am from Asia actually, so do they have organic in your country in highschool?
the thing that definitely helps me with math is having lots of examples, it helps me apply formulas on problems that don't look the same as the one example my teacher showed. math also has a lot of definitions and like frases that don't consist of numbers that u have to remember when facing a specific question, so I always write them down.
For me maths means take a notebook and madly do practice problems to the extent that even I can't understand what I did after the notebook is finished. 😂
One thing that really helps while taking notes is the WWH(Why, what and how) technique. You just have to take a topic , Write down WHAT it is, write down WHY it happens(the causes) and HOW it happens and there you have it - short but effective notes!
I’ve been watching videos like this for a while now; I was the “gifted kid” in my school, always got full grades and competed with students nationally till trauma hits and I lost it all, lost the ability to achieve high marks and I can no longer get anything over a simple 80.
Im struggling with this currently as well. I am still making okay grades but I feel like I don’t actually know what is going on in my classes or how I even got those grades. Hopefully we can both get past this! Good luck 😊
Summary notes for note taking chemistry: 1. Read through content and highlight text that are important (that your teacher emphasize, main ideas to capture the rough concept). Forces brain to comprehend. Ideally, read through course content before the lecture to reinforce what you already know. 2. Write and solve problems, check your work afterwards. This is my interpretation of your other video on how to do well in chemistry class. I think you had a lot of good information in that video on note taking. “Pre-read - previewing the text, making presumptions of the text for connections to previous knowledge so that you can build off it during the actual reading so that it’s easier to understand. Annotate/make lots of notes in a way that makes most sense to you, in your own words during your lecture and after. Summarize information into tables he says, yet I find splitting information into section summaries more convenient. However, I can understand the thought process since it further forces you to further condense important information into easily accessible pieces, which is a form of independent problem solving from my perspective as you build efficiency in summarizing important information through repetition. Group similar mechanisms together so that you can easily refer back to them later, and I said something along those lines already under “Pre-read”. Write down every single thing the professor wrote down whether in slides or information professors emphasize during lecture.”
@@NathanWu please make another video in which u should teach very deeply about making notes like what exactly do we underline in textbook and what to write in copy. Please Nathan
I’m preparing for my college entry exams and I found the Campbell method really good for IN CLASS notes, it allows me to take notes on the margin and write down questions and tips. I’m studying to enter the STEM area and this has helped me a lot, for out of class studying I read the book/slides like this: 1 I just glance the whole chapter, not read, just check it out 2 then I read the subtitles and images/ graphs 3 then I read some of the exercises to get an idea of how should I approach the subject 4 ONLY THEN I start reading + taking notes
I’m about to start 11th grade in a month or two and this video has already enhanced my note-taking skills. Although the way I take my notes and learn things is different, I’ll do my best in remembering your advice on whatever note-taking course I take.
as a principals list student, a lot of this is actually really helpful! i’ve been writing out math in word form for a while now and it’s greatly helped me fully understand the concepts! thank you for sharing this with the world.
I have been raking income tax and accounting courses. (Heavy content) i in my 50s and have never been taught how to make notes and remember. You have given me several ideas thank you.
this really helped because i never struggled in hs with academics and i only go to class when i need to take a test, and i still graduated with a 3.8 GPA. when i got into college that was not the case and i really struggled with notes because Im used to just looking at the teacher's slides and just understanding. but now i have to actually read textbooks prior to lectures and that really fricked me up ;-;
@@alexchen9489 first you have to have the "learning is fun" mindset, i believe learning should not be just for young people but people of all ages. and if you dont want ap classes, you just have to make sure you get an a because regular classes are not weighted and what u get is what u get. If you have ap classes and you do well in them they bring ur gpa up
@@alexchen9489 I would suggest dual enrollment classes rather than AP and those are also more weighted so you can get above 4.0 if you desire. I never took a single AP but I did do dual enrollment and it was the best decision. I had many friends in college stressed or disappointed when their AP classes didn’t transfer.
i always write my notes for any subject as if i'm explaining it to my future self- in a very conversational, gentle manner. although sometimes i do call myself stupid in them. and if a certain piece of info makes me think of something else, i will write that as well! gotten straight A's and A*'s throughout o levels thanks to this lol
You really inspire me mate. I am preparing to go into the medical stream and Harvard is like my dream. A thing I really lack is confidence in myself but after seeing vids of ppl like you the spark in me ignites again. Thank u so much for that
@@NathanWu I actually make two types of notes: 1- What my teacher teaches me, and 2- What I find in self reading... I do it as a 10th grader. Btw, your video was well informed
Writting math into words is actually pretty cool! You can get lost in just doing math problems and not really understanding them. By writing them down, you force yourself to relate to them which is key to understanding.
OH MY HOLY GOD.... i watched this video the night before my final math exam. I never would've though to write down each steps to fully absorb it and I retook notes on things I didn't understand. WALKED OUT WITH AN 100. mic drop moment
Currently finishing out my first highschool year, and I wanted to come back to this video which saved my life when I was transitioning from Online to In person classes and say thank you for making it because its helped me greatly.
You just saved me from anxiety for upcoming college years. I have just completed my 12th grade and entering college and I new that I need a plan going forward because high-school was a trippy ride. And I definitely don't want to be in a same situation!! Thank you so much, it was very informative and useful!
literally the notes of ur math notebook are what i NEED. even though my teacher doesn't really explain the steps one-by-one (could also be bcs some kids of my class interrupt her every second and solve the problems themselves) i will try to understand or ask the steps myself. im basically failing maths so i will keep ur tip in mind. thanks a lot for the very helpful study tips!! i wish u all the best
The way you explained the math mix ups made me feel better after my recent test,, we had a teacher change during the pandemic quarantining and since I’ve gone from being a straight A student to getting 9 out of 46 9 out of 46 That’s like not even a double digit number 😭😭😭😭😭
I’m going into my junior year of high school, and while I have taken college courses before, they were mostly all online or through my high school. I had a basic system of notes, but I really want to be more organized this year, as I will be actually attending classes at the local college. Your video had lots of great information in it that I will try to put into my note taking!
oh same 😭 I will be looking at uni level calculus and be like: didnt I study that in 9th-10th grade And I've had people confirm that especially for mathematics, my country loves making us study concepts years before they're needed apparently
Highlighting for most subjects and most of it's way is just pseudo thing people love to do to think they're being productive.. but this dude knows what he is doing great I appreciate your work
I hope you write back to this comment, ever since i was in 3rd grade i never really cared about school and didnt pay attention. Like NEVER. Its only now at high school that i realised how much time i wasted and didnt learn things i was supposed to. i dont know how to work my way up when i missed out in so much :'(
I'm in junior high and I like to be organised. Taking notes and learning/memorising from them is my one of the favorite stuff to do. This guy has helped me a ton. Thanks Nathan 💜
This really Helped me a lot. Especially with Maths. I write down everything in Maths from formulas to examples to practice questions. But when I refer it back i do not remember how the question came to be! Writing the steps and the theory tip so GENIUS for me... Thanks! The only problem now I face is how to condense my notes.
It’s so nice to see someone else writing so much for math! I just finished my math degree and my friends always make fun of me for writing basically a whole novel for each exam question 😭😂
My math teacher had us right the examples on the left and the words on the right hes a good teacher and helps to make more sense of it but when i have to do it at home am lost so this actually helped ive decide to reroght my notes differently so i can understand them better thank you.
I've learned that note-taking isn't that bad once you know what you're doing. As a Liberal Arts student, and like you've already said most Humanities professors don't even give slides. You've got to figure out a lot of stuff on your own and that's what I've had to do. If you're willing to look into extra info online or through other books when your professor doesn't give their notes, you actually do yourself better by organizing your own notes. Either way great video! Concise and to the point.
I feel so proud that my bio notes look exactly the same as his also, thank you for all these tips!!! I've been meaning to make notes but didn't know how to do so effectively and without wasting time
thank you SO MUCH for this video. i’m a freshman in high school and am so lost. my grades in bio & chem r dropping and the main reason is i dont even know how to take notes for them so this helped a lot. bless you ‼️
I always had a problem with taking notes and paying attention to the teacher at the same time. I can't keep up with their teaching pace (while taking notes) even though it's not that fast. How do you do it?? Do you taking notes and listening to lectures at the same time, or sum up everything at the end??? Andd, if it's the first one, how do you do it? Thanks in advance, love ur video, it's inspiring me a lot:)
I'm considered a slow writer so I take photos of the board/screen on my phone if the teacher is going to fast. However, because a lot of lectures are now being delivered as videos, you can pause and play as necessary. Big help!
If you can see the materials before class that would be great for you. Some of my classes started using this method of reviewing the material before class to get a base understanding and then in class you can focus much more!
I would write down the main concept and keywords you learned and understand from each slide. But also note down anything you don’t understand so you can ask questions later
This is so helpful! I’m doing my first in-person pre-calc class this fall. I already took Algebra 1, 2, and 3 online, so I didn’t need to take notes as much. You provided wonderful advice on math notes, it really helped my anxiety.
YESSS A LITTLE LOUDER FOR PEOPLE AT THE BACK! I’ve been watching several videos on note-taking tips but I always feel like their tips are only applicable in STEM-based subjects. Humanities and Social Sciences subjects are always text-heavy so you can’t always dig deep into all the details like you would have in other subjects. It is also true that professors from these subjects don’t always have a presentation from which we can annotate. But when they do have their PowerPoint it’s almost always one-liner general sentences so you really have to pay attention to the discussion and how they fit in the overall concept.
i’m a rising 8th grader and you don’t have any idea how much this is going to help me. i was looking for “note taking videos” on youtube but all i got were the pretty aesthetic ones that don’t actually work but they look nice. i was questioning if any of that actually worked but this showed me that notes don’t have to be pretty to work. thank you so much 😅😅😊😊🙏🙏🙏
Everyone here is talking about his great handwriting or his study tips but I'm here just looking at his mechanical pencil and being like "oh hey! I have the exact same one!"
Chemistry Read textbook before lecture Highlight main ideas so u hv a rough concept Annotate textbook during/after lecture. problems make great examples(say of E2 E1 reactions so you know what those kids of reactions look like) In le textbook, fact sheets: info that’s good to know in head/tricks to remember that Biology Annotate slides Annotate diagrams or u wont know what’s going on later Over annotating isnt a problem! U can condense info later while studying! Plus profs tend to test more on what’s taught verbally Math Write evth on the board! Math is step wise so if u skip any steps while copying they won’t make sense later Write info on how to solve the question 60% examples 40% texts //so u know how to logically do the math when it’s presented in a diff way in exams// Humanities [VERY content heavy] so condense as much as possible //condense every course except maths// separate whats relevant drom irrelevant ie main idea from supporting deets May not have slides so gotta decipher verbal stiff ie cut outta fillers so Language: notes as simples as possible so vocabs, grammar dont needa write full sentences Business annotate graphs n diagrams Same as math + humanities
This coming school year in September is my last year a senior high student. 12th grade and I'll be finally a freshman in college next year. Tbh, I'm not really organized in taking notes. I don't do highlightings but I do slight jotting down of notes. Math is my comfort subject and my notebooks/papers are a total mess. My classmates don't usually understand my notes but I always pass my exams with those lectures I've written. And I realized that being organized like how you actually tipped about is a great help. I'll def try this since I'm actually aiming for high grades and more knowledge so I could pass college entrance exams in my dream school. Ty
The best way for me to understand and fall in love with chemistry was to write in dominate colors that I enjoyed and do practice problems. The best way for chemistry is 100% practice problems. I love writing with purple, blue, and black pens. I’m a Pennsylvania student :)
Well... at first, I really apreciate your hand-writting. Secondly, your content helps me to understand and to know about another kind of notes taking. Well I love Maths, Chem and Bio and I always draw stuff to remember easily.
I think your advice on math notes might as well save my life. I've always struggled with math, because I struggle with numbers, whilst I'm good with words. So, it would make sense for my math knowledge and expertise to develope if I write down the confusing process of "what this symbol did to that number and gave birth to this hydra" in words instead of numbers.
okay, let me say this right now, but your style has helped me receive an A in Bio I in college. I used to have B's and C's in high school, even though I loved the topic, I just could not put it on paper, so my ability to practice it the way you shared, and my prior knowledge, I got the grade I wanted! I am going to try using the chem & calc I notes, I have to retake calc since I didn't get the grade I wanted, but when I used your step-by-step style for calc, it definitely helped compared to the majority of the year in which I couldn't really understand how I got the steps, so I just need to prove it this time, and chem, gonna be rough but hopefully, like the last two sets, I can learn chem easily!
YOURE MORE THAN WELCOME. If you have morning classes, it's also the perfect opportunity to try and turn yourself into a morning person. You'll be way more productive, I promise
I loved this video. It gave me great ideas to help me with my notes and specially ones that deal with math since. I never thought about writing the steps in words
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I think I need to learn how to condense information and take useful note is my issue
Swag 😎
u didn't respond to this comment lol
U look like akira toriyama
@@YoGirlSeko My main language is not english, what does he mean when he says "condence your notes"?
For physics...my best advice is to write on water-soaked notebook pages. And yes the pages need to be wet from your tears of frustration when doing physics problems...
OMGG 😭
thanks for the tip, this is really needed 💀😭
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🖐️
... I felt that :(
I was a physics major in uni and yes I can confirm this
can we stop for a moment to appreciate his fine handwriting
IT'S MY PRIDE AND JOY 🤩 makes note-taking more satisfying
It seems like typing
and there is my handwriting, sometimes even I struggle to understand
Ikr😶😊
It looks very good but i cant read it and if alot of people handwriting look like that imma drop out of college if only i could read it 😢
"my hand writing is ugly" don't sell yourself short. You're hand writing is beautiful
My hand writing is ugly WHEN I write with a stylus 😅 the ipads don't like my italicized writing ahaha
@@NathanWu iPad's don't like any kind of handwriting new subscriber
Tbh having ugly hand writing has benefits u can read others notes even if its really ugly
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@@katariswr460 uh oh grammar police, everyone run
Why is UA-cam helping me be a better student than actual school is? No one tells you how to take effective notes, so when you are thrown into high-school there is absolutely no way to keep grades up. Thank you for your in-depth video on such a neglected skill.
That's unfortunately true. Schools throw so much info at you and expect you to know how to process it all. I hope I can be a big brother to you and pass on what I've learned from experience 👍
Especially some classes, they force you to take notes in Cornell notes form. When for some people, it wouldn’t help them study that way.
@@NathanWu basically u r alot helpful . I learnt how to take notes from this video !!! Thnx for the help 💜
Bro highschool classes are easy A’s you really don’t need notes
@@NathanWu what the hell you're an angel
the math one really hit me, because I still remember how I was like “yeah I understand that, I can skip few steps” and when the finals came I was like “how the fuck do I do that”
We get too confident aha
"You can't highlight what you don't understand, right?" .... then there's me HAHA
But you have to read the text to highlight it... I DON'T GET IT 🤣
@@NathanWu well, ideally we read and understand text through highlighting, but sometimes I run the risk of highlighting just for the sake of telling myself that I understood the text, without actually understanding 🤣 especially when it's hours before the test HAHA
Same HAHAHHAAH
@@NathanWu me highlighting to decorate the page AHAHAAH
As an honors kid who has a 37 in math right now, writing out the steps in words has really helped alot. I got a 93 on my most recent test because i wrote everything out in words which helped me retain the info :))
IM SMILING SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. You deserve it!!
Congrats! It is a really good study method for some
hey babe! just checking in to say don’t give up! it’s all a long term process, and balancing it all can be stressful, but you just need to get over the hill. Trust.
Right I write the steps as if I’m explaining it to my future self bc I have a memory of a chair so this helps a lot
AHH IM SO HAPPY FOR U THATS A HUGE ACOMPLISHIMENT WELL DONE
That method of math notes is exactly what I’ve been doing since middle school! People are always so surprised when they find out I don’t study much for math exams but it’s because I solidify the concepts immediately after learning them-through the word explanations and example questions
You've learned the hack!! Good job!!
I’m using this method because I’m not paying attention most of the time in my math classes especially when we start a new topic:/ so I have to teach it myself and because ik that I would forget about the concept because I don’t pay attention like I said I have to write it down. It’s soo important to pay attention in class so I do not recommend not paying attention! I’m just very lucky that I can understand maths most of the time very fast, even just by looking at the solution (in higher grades it’s kinda hard to find out the concept by yourself) and get good grades because of that lol
It also sounds like you are naturally good at math. Just an assumption, though, I'd love to be doing that great in math. 😫
Wow, a Harvard student this is something I want to see.
Welcome to the channel, my friend!
"Humanities are very content heavy."
Me, a philosophy and theology major: *cries because someone finally understands*
So much respect for all the humanity students
@@NathanWu My undergrad was in video game design. I never took a single note for 4 years... then I decided to get my masters in philosophy.
Hard switch. XD
@Deidrea DeWitt can you give some info on that uni course? I really want to do it but idk what jobs I can do with it ... 🦋 lots of love
I wish I had the time to write down the steps in text for math but our professor is literally eminem
I'm deadd. eminem AHA
FACTS. i’m a high school student and i hate when the teachers go super fast without even asking us if we’ve finished taking the notes yet 😭
I’d recommend writing everything he says on exam pad paper first or typing it out if you’re allowed, then at home you can go into more detail. Maybe recording the lessons might be useful.
..Ikr 😢 so Today one boy from our class just shouted from the back to the teacher CAN YOU SLOW DOWN A LITTLE...we can feel his frustration from his voice and all the people were dead silent including the teacher 😂it was kinda funny though
You could have a notebook for that class and write as much as you can and then have a separate notebook to redo your notes in a way that you prefer. You could also try to record the lecture and then you’re able to replay and slow down what they’re saying
i guess people learn math differently, don't know how writing so much words helps you understand math, i prefer looking at how a formula is derived for example, the math and the numbers are what helps me understand
For sure! Everyone learns differently and that applies to all subjects. I just wanted to share what has worked for me!
hmm.. you sounds like my math professor. I didnt mean it in a negative way.
Same, I just do a shit tonne of practice questions
@@NathanWu I definitely learn like that too, I write down examples and honestly just base it off of that, but what I really need to do is write the steps to an equation/function I'm solving. This really just made me open my eyes to how much I've been doing wrong in math, there's been so many errors because the problems are in a different form than the one I have written down so that messes me up. Thank you for the sudden realization! Keep posting content like this! (what about science/ languages ? -- you should do a video on those subjects *it would be helpful to me*)
@@ylia281 same
I’m actually in 8th grade. I’m in advanced classes without studying or really barely paying attention. But I’ve learned over quartile that my grades are the most important thing to me. I don’t at all scone from a wealthy family but my mom and grandpa were very smart people but dropped out. I want to learn to study and smash these tests. I want to be a surgeon and Ik it’ll require a lot of my time and effort.
WHY YOU SPAMMING YOU SPED
Yessssss you’ll smash those tests!
Same, note taking has done so much to help me stay on track, even if I don't really study
Good luck to you!
I’m in 9th grade and I desperately need to learn how to take notes. I hope you do well on your tests!
Your tips for math notes will literally change my math life, I can't believe I haven't thought of writing it out in words! Thank you so much 😁
Not many people do but it's honestly a SECRET WEAPON. You're going to do amazing!!
@@NathanWu but you don't copy it from the textbook do you?
@@Catlover21436 for me writing out the steps is the easiest and put an example on the side of the problem being done.
Samee e
I been doing that for cal2. There is other things i will add if you are in calc2 but that tip is a must for me. My weaknesses chemistry. More advise if you guys have any on chem
Dammit you got me with the math notes lol I tend to skip on some steps that I think are simple 'cause I assume I'll just remember them anyways but when I look at my notes I'm like "what'd I do here again?" Lmaoo I'll write everything from no on
DO. NOT. SKIP. STEPS.
@@NathanWu I skip so many steps
A lot, tts prob y I didn't like calculus
But I continue to skip steps bcos it currently has not caused any downfalls in math, yet.
And that is prob the case bcos I'm rly struggling with my humanities, opp of my math n sci. Im dying in geography 😭
I’m taking chemistry in my sophomore year of HS and it’s been the easiest subject for me. I understand it’s very complex and difficult. But note taking has saved my life.
The amount of times I have to reference my notes when doing practice problems is insane. You gotta have good examples to refer back to!
@@NathanWu THIS IS SOSOSOS TRUE!!
yess!! it helped me a lot too that it eventually made it fun
I think it depends on the teacher I took academic chem my junior year and I somehow managed to keep above a 95 the entire year but I also had no tests/quizzes and instead grades reviews.
I don't make notes a lot but yeah when it ces to organic I do write things down as ithere is too much to retain. I have physics, chemistry,maths along with some other languages and all. I am from Asia actually, so do they have organic in your country in highschool?
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that he's liked everyone's comments? And replied too? Also thank you for the tips
We are a community and I love interacting with you all
the thing that definitely helps me with math is having lots of examples, it helps me apply formulas on problems that don't look the same as the one example my teacher showed. math also has a lot of definitions and like frases that don't consist of numbers that u have to remember when facing a specific question, so I always write them down.
Examples are key
For me maths means take a notebook and madly do practice problems to the extent that even I can't understand what I did after the notebook is finished. 😂
@@rishikayadav2373 damn..same
"You can't highlight what you don't understand" 1:38
You underestimate my powers.
Lol😂
And i oop-
One thing that really helps while taking notes is the WWH(Why, what and how) technique. You just have to take a topic , Write down WHAT it is, write down WHY it happens(the causes) and HOW it happens and there you have it - short but effective notes!
Great tell me more
THIS IS WHAT IM LOOKING FOR! SIMPLE, TO THE POINT, AND EXACT WE ARE STUDYING
YESS
I’ve been watching videos like this for a while now; I was the “gifted kid” in my school, always got full grades and competed with students nationally till trauma hits and I lost it all, lost the ability to achieve high marks and I can no longer get anything over a simple 80.
Stop comparing! Just because you can’t get a certain mark doesn’t mean you’re any less than
Im struggling with this currently as well. I am still making okay grades but I feel like I don’t actually know what is going on in my classes or how I even got those grades. Hopefully we can both get past this! Good luck 😊
College has definitely made me realize my note taking game needs to step up
Can't be doing the same thing as you were in high school - gotta adapt and THRIVE
Summary notes for note taking chemistry:
1. Read through content and highlight text that are important (that your teacher emphasize, main ideas to capture the rough concept). Forces brain to comprehend. Ideally, read through course content before the lecture to reinforce what you already know.
2. Write and solve problems, check your work afterwards.
This is my interpretation of your other video on how to do well in chemistry class. I think you had a lot of good information in that video on note taking.
“Pre-read - previewing the text, making presumptions of the text for connections to previous knowledge so that you can build off it during the actual reading so that it’s easier to understand.
Annotate/make lots of notes in a way that makes most sense to you, in your own words during your lecture and after.
Summarize information into tables he says, yet I find splitting information into section summaries more convenient. However, I can understand the thought process since it further forces you to further condense important information into easily accessible pieces, which is a form of independent problem solving from my perspective as you build efficiency in summarizing important information through repetition.
Group similar mechanisms together so that you can easily refer back to them later, and I said something along those lines already under “Pre-read”.
Write down every single thing the professor wrote down whether in slides or information professors emphasize during lecture.”
Him: "I'm not highlighting everything" and proceeds to show the page...... *everything is highlighted*
Not EVERYTHING was highlighted ahaha
@@NathanWu please make another video in which u should teach very deeply about making notes like what exactly do we underline in textbook and what to write in copy.
Please Nathan
EVERY INFORMATION MATTERS, therefore everything should be highlighted
00:50 Chemistry
03:35 Biology
07:05 Maths
09:05 Humanities
13:25 Business
Thank you! People are never specific like this when it comes to note-taking.
Hope you took notes on this note taking video ahahah
@@NathanWu lol
If you were my teacher, I wouldn't be scrolling instead of listening to you. You explain so well
I love teaching, so I appreciate that compliment
I’m preparing for my college entry exams and I found the Campbell method really good for IN CLASS notes, it allows me to take notes on the margin and write down questions and tips. I’m studying to enter the STEM area and this has helped me a lot, for out of class studying I read the book/slides like this:
1 I just glance the whole chapter, not read, just check it out
2 then I read the subtitles and images/ graphs
3 then I read some of the exercises to get an idea of how should I approach the subject
4 ONLY THEN I start reading + taking notes
Interesting method
I’m about to start 11th grade in a month or two and this video has already enhanced my note-taking skills. Although the way I take my notes and learn things is different, I’ll do my best in remembering your advice on whatever note-taking course I take.
Find whatever works best for you and STICK WITH IT
Same, I’m def coming back to this video a lot
Also going into junior year! Best of luck to you!
as a principals list student, a lot of this is actually really helpful! i’ve been writing out math in word form for a while now and it’s greatly helped me fully understand the concepts! thank you for sharing this with the world.
Gifting my knowledge to you
What is a principals list student?
@@m-gd6v i’m pretty sure “principal’s list” or “dean’s list” refers to people who get straight A’s but in colleges
I have been raking income tax and accounting courses. (Heavy content) i in my 50s and have never been taught how to make notes and remember. You have given me several ideas thank you.
YOU'RE MOST WELCOME! YOU'LL DO GREAT!
same as a freshmen
His voice, his body language, and the way he shows things to us, make me wonder how he can be so sweet. Like really sweet 🥰
Welcome to the family, bestie
The fact that I do all these except chemistry but at the high school level makes me so excited for this video
I GOT YOU
2 more weeks till exams and now is when youtube is giving me this, oh so kind
I'll use these for next term and next week, you a damn angel from heaven
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this really helped because i never struggled in hs with academics and i only go to class when i need to take a test, and i still graduated with a 3.8 GPA. when i got into college that was not the case and i really struggled with notes because Im used to just looking at the teacher's slides and just understanding. but now i have to actually read textbooks prior to lectures and that really fricked me up ;-;
You have to be adaptable to succed
This is me... I graduated with a 4.0 from HS but struggled so bad my first year of college. You got this tho! :)
hi does anyone of you know how do you get a good gpa without taking any ap class? thx
@@alexchen9489 first you have to have the "learning is fun" mindset, i believe learning should not be just for young people but people of all ages. and if you dont want ap classes, you just have to make sure you get an a because regular classes are not weighted and what u get is what u get. If you have ap classes and you do well in them they bring ur gpa up
@@alexchen9489 I would suggest dual enrollment classes rather than AP and those are also more weighted so you can get above 4.0 if you desire. I never took a single AP but I did do dual enrollment and it was the best decision. I had many friends in college stressed or disappointed when their AP classes didn’t transfer.
i always write my notes for any subject as if i'm explaining it to my future self- in a very conversational, gentle manner. although sometimes i do call myself stupid in them. and if a certain piece of info makes me think of something else, i will write that as well! gotten straight A's and A*'s throughout o levels thanks to this lol
You really inspire me mate. I am preparing to go into the medical stream and Harvard is like my dream. A thing I really lack is confidence in myself but after seeing vids of ppl like you the spark in me ignites again. Thank u so much for that
Dream big!
Me (Who is a nerd): This what intelligent students do...
I, myself, am always learning new study strategies too!
@@NathanWu I actually make two types of notes:
1- What my teacher teaches me, and
2- What I find in self reading...
I do it as a 10th grader. Btw, your video was well informed
@@dhritikashyap9226 thanks for the tip
@@Hiba-gb9bj welcome ;D
@@dhritikashyap9226 wow I never thought of that! i'm going to use your advice for my next school year since I'm gonna take my harder classes. :"]]
9th grader here!! Math is also my weakest link so I’ll be using your method for notes, and hopefully it works. Thank you for this video 👍🏽
Look through the comments. Everyone loves my math technique so I hope it works for you too
Does it work?
hows it going for u😄😄
Writting math into words is actually pretty cool! You can get lost in just doing math problems and not really understanding them. By writing them down, you force yourself to relate to them which is key to understanding.
OH MY HOLY GOD.... i watched this video the night before my final math exam. I never would've though to write down each steps to fully absorb it and I retook notes on things I didn't understand. WALKED OUT WITH AN 100. mic drop moment
The fact that he's answering every single comment... So kind ❤️
Thank you SO much
I’m a first year bio major and I’m ✨struggling✨
I have a video purely dedicated on how to do well in bio: ua-cam.com/video/lMxq2_p6-B4/v-deo.html I think it'll really help 🤩
Same here fam 🥲
FINALLY a studytuber that's not a med student but a fellow pharmacy student
YESS HI PHRIEND 💊
Currently finishing out my first highschool year, and I wanted to come back to this video which saved my life when I was transitioning from Online to In person classes and say thank you for making it because its helped me greatly.
I'm so glad! Enjoy the in-person learning :)
You just saved me from anxiety for upcoming college years.
I have just completed my 12th grade and entering college and I new that I need a plan going forward because high-school was a trippy ride. And I definitely don't want to be in a same situation!! Thank you so much, it was very informative and useful!
whats better than getting advice from an asian harvard student? seriously thank you so much!
wow your notes are so motivating for me. they're just basic and i love it. Thank you for this great content.
Notes aren't supposed to be artwork. They're supposed to convey information and sometime we tend to overcomplicate it. Simple and effective is best!!
The fact that he finds the time to read all the comments is just insane
I reply to comments while eating my breakfast at 7 AM
literally the notes of ur math notebook are what i NEED. even though my teacher doesn't really explain the steps one-by-one (could also be bcs some kids of my class interrupt her every second and solve the problems themselves) i will try to understand or ask the steps myself. im basically failing maths so i will keep ur tip in mind. thanks a lot for the very helpful study tips!! i wish u all the best
Math is tough for me too (and for a lot of other people too). Keep pushing!
@@NathanWu i will try my best! thank uu
As a classics major I CHEERED when you went over humanities tysm 😭
The way you explained the math mix ups made me feel better after my recent test,, we had a teacher change during the pandemic quarantining and since I’ve gone from being a straight A student to getting 9 out of 46
9 out of 46
That’s like not even a double digit number 😭😭😭😭😭
Online learning is not natural, but hopefully, you won't have to do it ever again
I’m going into my junior year of high school, and while I have taken college courses before, they were mostly all online or through my high school. I had a basic system of notes, but I really want to be more organized this year, as I will be actually attending classes at the local college. Your video had lots of great information in it that I will try to put into my note taking!
Start early and fortify those habits
okay but why does my country make us study university stuff in high-school?
I studied the chemistry lesson you showed in 10th grade.
IM-
it might be an extended/advanced version of what you're studying
Exactly
same! but i study in singapore so that’s probably why
oh same 😭 I will be looking at uni level calculus and be like: didnt I study that in 9th-10th grade
And I've had people confirm that especially for mathematics, my country loves making us study concepts years before they're needed apparently
Highlighting for most subjects and most of it's way is just pseudo thing people love to do to think they're being productive.. but this dude knows what he is doing great I appreciate your work
Facts
Using words to answer the problems works very well for me as well. That's what saved me from the shock of level change when I moved from 10th to 11th
YESS good for you
I came from tiktok :))))
love to hear itt
I hope you write back to this comment, ever since i was in 3rd grade i never really cared about school and didnt pay attention. Like NEVER. Its only now at high school that i realised how much time i wasted and didnt learn things i was supposed to. i dont know how to work my way up when i missed out in so much :'(
It's going to be hard, but never complain about hard work!
MYGOD you said everything that makes me trippy with studying I'm so glad I found this video
I'm glad you found this channel :)
for a person who just simply lost motivation to study, this video really helps me a lot
Hope you gained it back
I'm in junior high and I like to be organised. Taking notes and learning/memorising from them is my one of the favorite stuff to do. This guy has helped me a ton. Thanks Nathan 💜
This really Helped me a lot. Especially with Maths. I write down everything in Maths from formulas to examples to practice questions. But when I refer it back i do not remember how the question came to be! Writing the steps and the theory tip so GENIUS for me... Thanks!
The only problem now I face is how to condense my notes.
YOU'RE A GENIUS
@@NathanWu Damn! Thanks LOL. I would be if I were not lazy bruh!
This is how i study :))!! Taking notes literally saved me lol especially in History and Science.
Yess!! Happy to hear that
It’s so nice to see someone else writing so much for math! I just finished my math degree and my friends always make fun of me for writing basically a whole novel for each exam question 😭😂
Then they have never seen proofs
My math teacher had us right the examples on the left and the words on the right hes a good teacher and helps to make more sense of it but when i have to do it at home am lost so this actually helped ive decide to reroght my notes differently so i can understand them better thank you.
That was the best short and crisp intro i have ever heard!!!! And the content chef's kiss! Thank you!
Chef's kiss?! Now that's a compliment
All ur videos are Chef's kiss!
I've learned that note-taking isn't that bad once you know what you're doing. As a Liberal Arts student, and like you've already said most Humanities professors don't even give slides. You've got to figure out a lot of stuff on your own and that's what I've had to do. If you're willing to look into extra info online or through other books when your professor doesn't give their notes, you actually do yourself better by organizing your own notes. Either way great video! Concise and to the point.
Yes! Self-directed research is critical skill to have
This is gonna save me once midterm season hits! Thank you!!
love to hear itt
you really makes us feel special with all the time and energy you have used in your editing, organizing and many more!
waiting for more contents !
Make sure your post notifs are on so you never miss a video 🔔
Finally someone who is differentiating notes for different subjects
The graph mechanical pencil made me believe you are a truly smart person who helps with true tips. +1 subscriber
Once my final grades for junior year came back with 3 C’s.. im here to change my ways :) thank you💗💗
And in your senior year, you'll get 4 A's. Manifesting it for you!
For History I love to draw a long timeline then put in dates for important occasions, then write down explanations underneath
I haven’t done history in so long but that’s a good method
I feel so proud that my bio notes look exactly the same as his
also, thank you for all these tips!!! I've been meaning to make notes but didn't know how to do so effectively and without wasting time
Yes! Bio note twins
@@NathanWu * virtual high-five *
i'm starting my first year at college in two weeks and this video is the best note-taking tips video I've seen! best of luck in pharmacy school!
thank you SO MUCH for this video. i’m a freshman in high school and am so lost. my grades in bio & chem r dropping and the main reason is i dont even know how to take notes for them so this helped a lot. bless you ‼️
I always had a problem with taking notes and paying attention to the teacher at the same time. I can't keep up with their teaching pace (while taking notes) even though it's not that fast. How do you do it?? Do you taking notes and listening to lectures at the same time, or sum up everything at the end??? Andd, if it's the first one, how do you do it? Thanks in advance, love ur video, it's inspiring me a lot:)
I'm considered a slow writer so I take photos of the board/screen on my phone if the teacher is going to fast. However, because a lot of lectures are now being delivered as videos, you can pause and play as necessary. Big help!
@@NathanWu thank you for replying:)
If you can see the materials before class that would be great for you. Some of my classes started using this method of reviewing the material before class to get a base understanding and then in class you can focus much more!
writting down keywords is effective as well
I would write down the main concept and keywords you learned and understand from each slide. But also note down anything you don’t understand so you can ask questions later
Can we take a moment and appreciate how gorgeous he is
Aww you're too kind 😆
This is so helpful! I’m doing my first in-person pre-calc class this fall. I already took Algebra 1, 2, and 3 online, so I didn’t need to take notes as much. You provided wonderful advice on math notes, it really helped my anxiety.
Good luck with the transition back into in-person! Make sure you still maintain a good schedule
YESSS A LITTLE LOUDER FOR PEOPLE AT THE BACK! I’ve been watching several videos on note-taking tips but I always feel like their tips are only applicable in STEM-based subjects. Humanities and Social Sciences subjects are always text-heavy so you can’t always dig deep into all the details like you would have in other subjects. It is also true that professors from these subjects don’t always have a presentation from which we can annotate. But when they do have their PowerPoint it’s almost always one-liner general sentences so you really have to pay attention to the discussion and how they fit in the overall concept.
I said what I said
i’m a rising 8th grader and you don’t have any idea how much this is going to help me. i was looking for “note taking videos” on youtube but all i got were the pretty aesthetic ones that don’t actually work but they look nice. i was questioning if any of that actually worked but this showed me that notes don’t have to be pretty to work. thank you so much 😅😅😊😊🙏🙏🙏
That's honestly one of the biggest false ideals in the study community. You don't need 30 different highlighter colours to study effectively aha
Everyone here is talking about his great handwriting or his study tips but I'm here just looking at his mechanical pencil and being like "oh hey! I have the exact same one!"
It's so good
I WANT THAT PENCIL WHERE DID YOU GUYS GET ITT
"Now on to everyone's favorite subject Math.." 🤣
he said sarcastically
@@NathanWu I know😂
thank you soo much, this literally felt like an older brother was giving me advice
I’d love to be that helpful older brother!
I like that you break it down each subject
Note taking is not a one size fits all
The math note taking is really cool. I love math but there are times it gets super frustrating, LOVED THE TECHNIQUE!
It’s the worst when you don’t understand anything but the best feeling when you finally get it!
I just started high school but I want to start being more organized when I’m taking notes and this video was really helpful thanks!
You’re going to love high school
@@NathanWu so far it’s not so bad my only problem is making friends but I hope you’re right about that
Chemistry
Read textbook before lecture
Highlight main ideas so u hv a rough concept
Annotate textbook during/after lecture.
problems make great examples(say of E2 E1 reactions so you know what those kids of reactions look like)
In le textbook, fact sheets: info that’s good to know in head/tricks to remember that
Biology
Annotate slides
Annotate diagrams or u wont know what’s going on later
Over annotating isnt a problem! U can condense info later while studying! Plus profs tend to test more on what’s taught verbally
Math
Write evth on the board! Math is step wise so if u skip any steps while copying they won’t make sense later
Write info on how to solve the question
60% examples 40% texts //so u know how to logically do the math when it’s presented in a diff way in exams//
Humanities
[VERY content heavy] so condense as much as possible
//condense every course except maths// separate whats relevant drom irrelevant ie main idea from supporting deets
May not have slides so gotta decipher verbal stiff ie cut outta fillers so
Language: notes as simples as possible so vocabs, grammar dont needa write full sentences
Business
annotate graphs n diagrams
Same as math + humanities
I was waiting for physics totally forgetting what Nathan said in the intro >
For physics, merge chemistry and math tips together!
This coming school year in September is my last year a senior high student. 12th grade and I'll be finally a freshman in college next year. Tbh, I'm not really organized in taking notes. I don't do highlightings but I do slight jotting down of notes. Math is my comfort subject and my notebooks/papers are a total mess. My classmates don't usually understand my notes but I always pass my exams with those lectures I've written. And I realized that being organized like how you actually tipped about is a great help. I'll def try this since I'm actually aiming for high grades and more knowledge so I could pass college entrance exams in my dream school. Ty
That style of note-taking may work in high school, but things change quickly in college. Good luck with your entrance exams!
i discovered this channel just today, I'm so grateful 4 all those tips. love already this so useful channel!
The best way for me to understand and fall in love with chemistry was to write in dominate colors that I enjoyed and do practice problems. The best way for chemistry is 100% practice problems. I love writing with purple, blue, and black pens. I’m a Pennsylvania student :)
PROBLEMS PROBLEMS PROBLEMS. I probably did over 1000
This video made me realize how non-existant my note taking has become but also how much it helped me when I did take notes 😅 idk why I stopped
If you stop, you fall behind
Well... at first, I really apreciate your hand-writting. Secondly, your content helps me to understand and to know about another kind of notes taking. Well I love Maths, Chem and Bio and I always draw stuff to remember easily.
firstly, thank you and secondly, thank you AHAH that's great that you love math... cuz I def didn't 🤢
@@NathanWu haha. I thoiught u did.
I think your advice on math notes might as well save my life. I've always struggled with math, because I struggle with numbers, whilst I'm good with words. So, it would make sense for my math knowledge and expertise to develope if I write down the confusing process of "what this symbol did to that number and gave birth to this hydra" in words instead of numbers.
okay, let me say this right now, but your style has helped me receive an A in Bio I in college. I used to have B's and C's in high school, even though I loved the topic, I just could not put it on paper, so my ability to practice it the way you shared, and my prior knowledge, I got the grade I wanted! I am going to try using the chem & calc I notes, I have to retake calc since I didn't get the grade I wanted, but when I used your step-by-step style for calc, it definitely helped compared to the majority of the year in which I couldn't really understand how I got the steps, so I just need to prove it this time, and chem, gonna be rough but hopefully, like the last two sets, I can learn chem easily!
Thank you so much for this video online school lectures have been a real struggle especially at 7:30 in the morning
YOURE MORE THAN WELCOME. If you have morning classes, it's also the perfect opportunity to try and turn yourself into a morning person. You'll be way more productive, I promise
I loved this video. It gave me great ideas to help me with my notes and specially ones that deal with math since. I never thought about writing the steps in words
For sure! Writing in words really helps you understand the process and avoids the common mistake of "memorizing" the steps! Good luck :)